History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

1840.
STllATHERN, MONTEITH, AND AIRTH. 243
more ancient Honours, which must necessarily Mr. Barclay
Allardice's
have led him into a wider field of evidence. claim to the
r-rii iT-«-' 1 • 1*11 Earldoms of
'* ihat the retitioner, havmg obtamed leave strathem and
from the House of Lords to present an Addi-
1 /^ • 1 1 • /-ii • 1 T^ 1 Petition to the
tional Case, ni regard to his Clann to the JLarl- Queen.
dom of Airth, is now advised that he ought also
to bring forward his Claims to the more ancient
Earldoms of Strathern and Monteith, which
were enjoyed by his ancestors for several cen-
turies ; and with this view the present Petition
is humbly submitted to Your Majesty.
'* That Robert the Second, King of Scotland,
succeeded his uncle, King David the Second,
in 1371 : he was the first King of the race of
Stuart, and at the time of his succession was
of mature age. By Elizabeth Muir, daughter
of Sir Adam Muir of Rowallan, he had a
numerous progeny. In 1317 he obtained a
dispensation from the then Pope, Clement the
Sixth, for his marriage with the said Elizabeth
Muir ; and this dispensation contained a clause
legitimating their children. After the death of
Elizabeth Muir, Robert intermarried with the
Lady Euphemia, sister of the then Earl of
Ross ; and of this second marriage there w^ere
issue two sons ; the eldest of them being David,
afterwards David Earl of Strathern, the direct
ancestor of your Petitioner, and the younger,
Walter, afterwards Earl of Atholl.
" That, before his Accession to the Throne,
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